| Tarun Chatterjee | |
| Office: | Judge of the Supreme Court of India |
| Term Start: | 27 August 2004 |
| Term End: | 14 January 2010 |
| Nominator: | S. Rajendra Babu |
| Appointer: | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| Office1: | 38th Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court |
| Term Start1: | 31 January 2003 |
| Term End1: | 26 August 2004 |
| Nominator1: | V. N. Khare |
| Appointer1: | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| Predecessor1: | Shyamal Kumar Sen |
| Successor1: | Ajoy Nath Ray |
| Office2: | Judge of the Calcutta High Court |
| Term Start2: | 6 August 1990 |
| Term End2: | 30 January 2003 |
| Nominator2: | Sabyasachi Mukharji |
| Appointer2: | R. Venkataraman |
| Birth Name: | Tarun Chatterjee |
| Birth Date: | 14 January 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Maliara, Bankura district, Bengal Province, British India (now West Bengal, India) |
| Spouse: | Kumkum Chatterjee |
| Relations: | Purshottam Chatterjee (father) Digambar Chatterjee (grandfather) |
| Blank1: | Later work(s) |
| Data1: | Chairman, Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission |
Tarun Chatterjee (14 January 1945 – 8 July 2023) was an Indian judge. He served as a justice of the Supreme Court of India and chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission.[1]
Chatterjee was the son of Purshottam Chatterjee, a former judge of the Calcutta High Court. His great-grandfather Digambar Chatterjee was also a judge of the Calcutta High Court in British India.[2] [3] Chatterjee married Kumkum Chatterjee. Their son Aniruddha Chatterjee is a practicing advocate of Calcutta High Court.
Chatterjee obtained a Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Laws, and enrolled as an advocate in 1970. He started practice in the Calcutta High Court in Civil, Criminal and Constitutional matters. He became the permanent judge in the same high court on 6 August 1990. In 2003 he was appointed chief justice of the Allahabad High Court. Chatterjee was elevated to the post of judge of the Supreme Court of India on 27 August 2004.[4] He retired on 14 January 2010. After retirement he became chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission.[5] [6]
In 2010, Central Bureau of Investigation investigated the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 6.58 crore from the provident fund accounts of class III and IV employees in the Ghaziabad district court implicated judges in higher judiciaries, including Chatterjee. The report submitted by the Central Bureau of Investigation officials was examined by a bench comprising justices D. K. Jain, V. S. Sirpurkar, and G. S. Singhvi.[7] Chatterjee denied the allegations.[8]
Chatterjee married Kumkum Chatterjee. Their son Aniruddha Chatterjee is a practicing advocate of Calcutta High Court. Chatterjee died on 8 July 2023, at the age of 78.[9]